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The House on Buzzards Bay

A Novel

by Dwyer Murphy

Hardcover: Jun 2025 | Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

When a group of old college friends reunites for a summer vacation at a beach house in coastal Massachusetts, a sudden disappearance and the arrival of a seductive stranger threaten to unearth the darkest secrets of their relationships.

Julie Chan Is Dead

A Novel

by Liann Zhang

Hardcover: Apr 2025 | Paperback: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

In this razor-sharp, diabolical debut thriller, a young woman steps into her deceased twin's influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade.

The Jills

A Novel

by Karen Parkman

Hardcover: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

In this propulsive debut, a Buffalo Bills cheerleader will stop at nothing to solve the disappearance of her best friend and teammate, navigating the dark underbelly of a hardscrabble city, the grime and glamour of professional cheerleading, and her ...

Escape!

A Novel

by Stephen Fishbach

Hardcover: Jan 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A propulsive debut novel following a has-been reality TV star and a disgraced producer who get one last shot at redemption on a show set on a remote island, only to discover that the plot twists are beyond what they ever imagined.

A Gorgeous Excitement

A Novel

by Cynthia Weiner

Hardcover: Jan 2025 | Paperback: Jan 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A dazzling novel about one young woman's summer of infinite possibility...

Saint of the Narrows Street

by William Boyle

Hardcover: Feb 2025 | Paperback: Jan 2026

Critics' Consensus:

As an Italian American family's decades-old secret begins to unravel, they will have to bear the consequences—and face each other—in this thrilling southern Brooklyn-set tragic opera of the highest caliber from crime ...

A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage

A Novel

by Asia Mackay

Hardcover: Jan 2025 | Paperback: Nov 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Two former serial killers trying to keep their past buried realize that old habits die hard in this "wildly original, razor-sharp thriller" (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark).

Under This Red Rock

by Mindy McGinnis

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From award-winning author Mindy McGinnis comes a mesmerizing YA psychological mystery following a teen girl who is grappling with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio—only to become the number one suspect in ...

The Sequel

The Book Series #2

by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Hardcover: Oct 2024 | Paperback: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

After the "insanely readable" (Stephen King) and "perfectly told" (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz's equally captivating new novel: The Sequel.

Model Home

A Novel

by Rivers Solomon

Hardcover: Oct 2024 | Paperback: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.

The Good Liar

A Novel

by Denise Mina

Hardcover: Jul 2025

Critics' Consensus:

In this provocative mystery from beloved crime writer Denise Mina, new evidence in an old murder case forces one woman to make an impossible choice.

What will it take to tell the truth when your life depends on a lie?

Holy City

by Henry Wise

Hardcover: Jun 2024 | Paperback: Jun 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Holy City is the captivating debut from Henry Wise about a deputy sheriff who must work alongside an unpredictable private detective after he finds himself on the outs from his sheriff's department over his unwillingness to look the other way when an...

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